Management at its lowest

Thank god we have the 30 year secrecy law which prevents information being released to the public otherwise there may have been more public pinching than is deemed necessary in a civilised country. Of course it begs the question how a civilised country can feel need to protect the "Great and the Good" from its citizens.

Today being the actual 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster  I decided to read more into the subject.
Early Friday morning 21 of October 1966 the slip occurred.

Lord Robens, who headed up the National Coal Board (NCB) on hearing of the news failed to react to the disaster, he was being invested as Chancellor of the University of Surrey on Friday and only the following day Saturday did he came down to the site.

You must understand as head of the NCB he was implicitly involved in the tragedy and had heard claims about the threat the slurry piles presented. Money was involved in making them safe, money not destined for the owners pocket and so the warnings fell on deaf ears.
From the start he and the other ministers involved refused to acknowledge culpability and went out of their way to obstruct information regarding who was to blame. No member of the NCB were fired or prosecuted. It's so reminiscent of the way people at the top of organisations today, such as the banks, have failed to be prosecuted. Some things never change !!
At the time a spontaneous fund had been set up and ordinary people from all over the country donated over 1.6 million pounds, (£24 million in today's money), this at a time of real austerity. The money was to help the relatives rebuild their lives.
A Charity Commission, made up of the "good and the gracious" was given the job of managing the fund.
The delays and the dreadfully insensitive investigations as to each families justification for help and assistance revealed the mental disconnect between sections of our society, a disconnect equally as strong today.
Especially damming was the way financial help was not only hindered in reaching the children's families but that a proportion of it was diverted to cover the costs of clearing and cleaning the site !!! Can you imagine how crass and how devoid of compassion were the managerial class towards the people who worked and risked their lives each day underground, to provide a healthy dividend for the owners at the end of the year.
Perhaps the 30 year rule inhibiting the release of information is too short. Perhaps 60 years would be better and only the shrieks of outrage coming from the dead in their coffins would ensure the that the cold hand of "shame" can never becomes a problem for our not so gracious Establishment.